INEC to politicians on 2027 polls: Your ambitions not worth blood of Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned politicians that their ambitions were not worth the blood of Nigerians, vowing arrests, sanctions and prosecution against parties, candidates and agents who resort to violence, hate speech and vote-buying during the 2027 general election.
How personal ambition ruined ACN/CPC planned alliance
Whatever hope left over a possible alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, evaporated with each side holding tenaciously to its own presidential candidates ahead of the April elections.
IBB, Northern Elders and the game with Jonathan
GIVEN his legendary capacity in the matters of stealthy statecraft, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s recent assertion pooh-poohing talk of an agreement between him and President Goodluck Jonathan was an interesting intervention into the confusion surrounding ongoing talks between Northern elders and the President.
Enugu and her Poster Excellencies
POLITICIANS are men and women of theater, always adept at this game of high cunning, of unending manipulation and often full of intrigues.
AFTER THE PRIMARIES: Will ACN gain from fence-mending LP, PDP in Ondo?
TWO months to the general elections, the two major political parties in Ondo State, Labour Party (LP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are battling to put their houses in order following the acrimony that attended their primaries.
Lagos politics without Bode George
His incarceration at the Kirikiri prison notwithstanding, the former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George is one politician who knows his onions and utilizes same to maintain his relevance in the party.
